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November 29 1905 Whole No 1624 16 4and DeLand Fla WednesdayVol XXXII XXXIINo No 48 JacksonvilleHandling Seed Potatoes in Florid FloridThe FloridaTheThe following which appeared i itho in inthethe Ilnral New Yorker explains ito itoself itsselfself and needs no comment commentII have just ordered some very fin finand fine fineandand costly Irish potatoes as seed t tplant to toplantplant for winter crop and am anxiou anxiounot nnxiousnotnot to raise diseased tubers and t tmake to tomakemake as good success as possible wit witthem Witllthemthem as I wish to use this crop afte aftethey aftCIthethey the are harvested in November fo foseed for for6eetlseed to plant in December for earl earlspring early earlysllringspring crop So I write yon as bes bespractical best bestpracticalpractical authority I know of t tanswer to toanswer <answer the following questions After Aftereceiving Afterreceivingreceiving the northerngrown seed po potatoes potatoestatoes and cutting them would you yotadvise youadviseadvise placing them spread out in sin singreen sungreengreen or would it be best to green grecithem greenthemthem in sun and then cut As soon sooias soonasas cut would you advise sprinkling sprinklingwell sprinklingwelIwell slaked lime over cut pieces piecesWould piecesoulllWould oulll you advise after above is dontto done donetoto soak them in a solution of tw twounces two twoounces <ounces corrosive sublimate mixed ii in inl15 l gallons water for one and onehall onehallhour onehalfhourhour planting immediately Wouli Wouliit ould oulditit be a more certain way to bed then thenafter themafterafter above is done and mulch bet betwith bedwithwith leaves watering Oil they begiito begin begintoto sprout and then plant J S C CBade CDadeBade Co Florida FloridaWe FloridaVeWe grfcw our seed in Virginia VirginiaMassachusetts Virginiafass1chusettsMassachusetts and Maine For bestresults best hl1tresultsresults we think they should be ship shippod shippdpod here December 1 sure and therspread then thenspreadspread out thin in some partially partialljlighted partiallylightedlighted room from two to four weeks weeksWe weelsWeWe do not cut till we are ready tc tcplaster toplnsterplaster We have no trouble with withth withthseed UK UKseedseed sprouting that is grown as rainorth far farnorthnorth as Massachusetts but the Vir Virginia Virginiaginia seed wants more time and light lightWe lightVeWe Ve usually plant at Hastings about aboutfirst 1I1I1tfirstfirst week to last week in January Januarysoso yon see the seed coming iieni r firsl firslof fir t tofof December will want to be sprend sprendpretty slrCld11rettypretty thin or sprouts will become becometoo becometootoo tender and white but with the theseed theseedseed only one layer deep and plenty plentyof 1lentrofof light they will come very stubbed stubbedand stubbedandand strong I would not cut on sny snyaccount ny nyaccountaccount till ready to plant G W V L LHastings LHastingsHastings Fla FlaYour FlaYourYour reader will have no trouble troubletoto keep his potatoes from November Novemberuntil Novemberuntiluntil December I can keep potatoes potatoesfrom potatoesfromfrom April until Christmas I have havedone havedonedone so by putting p1 ttlng them under the thehouse thehou6ehouse a dark dry and cool place placewith placewithwith plenty of ventilation Do not notadvise notadviseadvise your reader to depend on home homegrown homegrown ¬grown seed for his main or spring springcrop sprincropcrop it will not do well Our experi experience experience ¬ence is to save seed from spring to toplant toplantplant in the fall but always get et north northern northern ¬ern grown for spring crop It will not notbe notbebe necessary to sprout the seed ex except except ¬cept in case of cool and wet weather weatherdelaying weatherdelayingdelaying planting He could sprout sproutthem Iproutthemthem by cutting the seed and spread spreadihg slrendingihg out evenly on barn floor cover covering covering ¬ing lightly with sand one inch thick thickand thickandand keeping moist I have had pota potatoes potatoes ¬toes up in three days da s in this way wayThis wayTbisThis will insure a better stand standJ7 R V VLeon VLeonLeon Co FlaIn planting potatoes in this section sectlowe sectionwewe prefer to cut them merely merel Ion Ionenough long longenoughenough before planting to dry the cu cuwhich cut cutwhichwhich may be hastened planting plantingfew n nfewfew hours after cutting by using llm llmor lime limeoror plaster on them We have no es espcrience ex ex11riencepcrience in bedding the potatoes t tsprout to tosproutsprout for planting in our light so sowe soil soilwewe have had no trouble in gettin gettinthem gettinthemthem up in good time We woul woulprefer would wouldpreferprefer getting our seed from the Nortlat North Northntat planting time and putting them i iat in inntA L H HOrange HOrangeat onceOrange Co Fill FlaNovemberdug FillXovemberdugNovemberdug potatoes will hardl hardlsprout hardly hardlysproutsprout in December following s swould so sowouldwould have same dug and shipped a aearly as asearlyearly as possible They can be shir shirped shlp11edped in wellventilated barrels Hardeior Harden Hardenoror blue on arrival by exposure exp sure t tlight to tolightlight or sunshine if planting time i iat is isntat hand and you are in a hurry re rebarrel rebnrrelbarrel and confine in a close place t tmake to tomalwIf scabby treat treaformake them sprout I Iforfor same and sulphur I have never neveused neverusedI Iandused lime cutting to one or two eye eyeand e esand planting at once If soil is at al alwet all allwetwet be sure to cover lightly or the thewill they theywillwill be sure to rot more soil can b badded be bemilled <added later when up The trendsystem trend trenchsystemsystem by horee culture pays p ys best beshere bestherehere We e make about 200 pounds pe peacre per perncreacre On account of convenience ii iihauling in inhaulinghauling we e prefer to ship in bushel busheboxes bushelboxesboxes We Ve can then also pack in cars cariwith carswithwith tomatoes or egg plants in cases casesThe casesTheThe eastern market however preferbarrels prefer prefersbarrelsbarrels This experience pertain pertainstrictly pertainsstrictlstrictl strictly to extreme southern Florida Floridawhere Floridawherewhere it seldom freezes the mos mostender most mosttendertender vegetation W W WMiami WMiamiMiami Fla FlaThe FlaTheThe existing conditions of the thiweather thewentherweather at the time that the sect sectarrives seed seednrrlvesarrives have much to do with tintreatment tin thetrentmenttreatment The tendency to tot 1 1the is isthethe worst trouble with seed that nrrivin arrive arriveIn <in the early enrl part of October They Thejire Theyareire often overheated on the way 01 01in or orinin in warehouse after arrival Spreading Spreadinginin a shady shad airy 1 ry place and treating treatingtvith trentingwithwith lime will do some good I would woultnot wouldnotnot spread seed in the sun unless or orool oncoolcool ool or cloudy day d y either in cut 01 01incut or oruncutuncut condition but if spread in hall hallrtiade halfshadeshade or twothirds shade for a dajr day dayoror > r two both before and after cutting cuttingjefore cuttingbefolejefore planting would help prevent preventotting preventrottingrotting and promote sprouting The Thebest Thebestbest results cdme from cutting di dilarge dDlargelarge pieces and leaving the small smalljotatoes 610allpotatoespotatoes jotatoes uncut As stable manure is isi isItfor winter winterjrown wintergrownIt i very necessary stimulantgrown potatoes some treat the seed seedvith seedwithwith corrosive sublimate to prevent preventicab preventscabscab I would hold the seed in the theihade theshadeshade till the weather conditions were wereight wererightright if I had to wait a month tor the thenain thenlainnain crop The ground may be too tooIry toodrydry Iry and hot or too wet and cold coldiVhen coldWhenWhen prairie land is in the best con coalition condition ¬lition then pine land is not at all fit fito fittoto o plant in and the opposite is also alsorue alsotruetrue rue By B watering them under leaves leavesne leavesoneone > ne might get them sprouted at a airong awrongwrong time of suitable climatic con conitioiis conditionsitioiis for planting When the con conitions conditionsitions are right potaoto growing isboth pleasant and profitable as ther therare tilerenreare no potato bugs and our white whitecrop wintercropcrop can be used during our tourist tourisseason touristseasonseason from January to April AprilW AprilWW A H Hobbs HobbsDade HobbsDadeDade Co Fla FlaSeed 1 < la laSccdSeed should be placed under a she sheor shed <or some protected spot and coverei covereicarefully covered coveredenrefullcarefully with clean sacks or leaves leavesBeBe sure to cover it sufficiently to stand stanca standna temperature of 15 l degrees belovfreezing below belowfreezingfreezing About five weeks before befortplanting beforeIllnntingplanting remove the cover and spreai spreaithe spread spreadthethe tubers out eo they are fully ex exposed exposedposed to the light not the direct rays rayiof raysofof the sun Cut the tubers about aboutwo abouttwotwo days dn s before planting and place placithem placethemthem in a dry d1 place so as to allow t tformation a afOlluationformation of callus before planting plantingMediumsize plantingIediumsizeMediumsize tubers are more desirabhthan desirable desirablethanthan large ones Sprinkling slakei slakeilime slakCJlimelime over the moist cut surface of th thtuber the thetuber <tuber is i an excellent practice Re Remove Removemove at once all tubers showing the theleast thelenstleast sign of rot I am of the opinion opiniorthat opinionthatthat you would lose most of your youiseed yourseedseed if you watered it in the bed bedF bedFF M I Rolfs RolfsFlorida Holfs1IoridnFlorida Exp Station StationThe StntionTheThe Biggest Squash SquashDid SquashDidDid you ever see a two or thri thrilundred three threehundredhundred pound squash Probably not notand no nomdmd if you have seen one you ou neve neveaised neerrnisetlaised one AVouid ould you like to do so sof soIfIf f so try the method described in ai aiirticle an anarticlearticle from the Country Gentleman GentlemanItIt is considerable trouble and care caret careitit t Is not likely to be profitable except excepin exceptinin n fame fameToTo William Wamock of Goderich GoderichDnt GoderlchOntOnt must be given credit for raising raisinghe raisingthethe he largest squash ever grown This Thistiant Thisginnttiant weighed 403 pounds and wasliown was wnshownliown at St Louis Some years ago agoivheii agowhenwhen Mr 11 Warnock succeeded in rais raisng raisinging ng a squash that weighed 313 pounds poundsiehe ie felt pleased to think his vegetable vegetableweighed egetnbleweighedweighed more than the biggest man mann maninin n Goderich but later he tried to do dosetter dobettersetter and at the worlds fair in Chi Chicago Chicago ¬cago showed a squash that weighed weighed3G53G5 05 pounds In 1808 he beat his own ownecord ownreconIecord again raising a squash that thatveighed thatweighedweighed 3884 pounds Now his latest latestiuecess latestsuccesssuccess beats this record by 14 14lounds BY BYpounllslounds and It took a case fortyone fortyonenches fortyoneinchesinches across to carry it to St Louis LouisThe LouisTheThe secret of growing it as told by byIr byIr> Ir Warnock to the writer is also alsoiven alsogg iven en In brief it appears that the theand theInndand is in good condition having been beenicavily heenheniIheniI icavily manured each year ear MrWar MrWarlock 11 1nr 1nrnocklock prepares a mixture of two good goodvheelbarrows goodwheelbarrowswheelbarrows of hen manure and andour anllfourfour our barrows of good soil April 1 and andnixes andmixesnixes it again April 15 The 1st of ofilay ofIIlYilay he adds four barrows of rotted rottednanure rottedmanuremanure and mixes thoroughly About Aboutilay AboutIailay Ia 18 he digs out a space of ground groundeven groundseveneven feet in diameter and foiteen foiteennches fo teen teeninchesinches deep fills it in with the tb oom oomost om ompostpost > ost and some good soil and finishes finisheshe finishesthethe he hill off ten feet in diameter and andix andsixsix ix inches high in the center After AfterWanting AfterplantingWanting he works the ground well wellill welltilltill ill the plants begin to run When theplants are about three feet long lie liemulches hemulchesmulches the ground all over for a aspace nslncespace of twenty feet in diameter diameteraround din meter meteraround 0 0Inlllaround each hill with horse manure manurelaidlaid on three inches deep Staking the thevines theinesvines down with sticks to keen cep the thewind thlwlnllwind from rolling rollin them about so that thatthey thattheythey may mn root at every joint It is of ofTreat ofTeatTreat advantage to keep k ep the vine from fromfruiting fromfnlltinfruiting as Ions lon as possible by pruning pruningallall fruit bloom off until about the last lastweek lastweekweek in July JulyMr JulyIrMr Ir Warnock practice < l fertilizing a afew afewfew of the first blooms that rome be believing he1iCin ¬lieving 1iCin that it gives extra vigor ior to tho thogrowth tlwTowthgrowth of fruit to be well pollenized pollenizedAVlcn pollenlzedhenAVlcn hen the first fi t perfect specimens sllt > Cimens have haveset hnetset t well wellsllY sny four or five inches in di diameter r11Ilmeterhe ¬ameter Ilmeterhe he cuts off nil other fruit and andblossoms nIllIhlossomsblossoms and nips the ends off the thevines theinesvines and all bloom that shows twice twiceaa week While Idle the growth of squash squashisis going on liquid manure is used twice twiceaa week along lIon three or four of the prin principal principal ¬cipal vines Ines of each hill six pailfuls pailfulstoto the hill if it is in dry time Great Greatcare Greatcarecare must be taken to give plenty of ofwater ofwaterwater Mr 11 Warnock ridicules the thetales thetalestales of feeding squash and pumpkin pumpkinbyby injecting milk or other stuff into intothe intothethe vine ine He says he did practice practicesome llractlcesomesome methods along tills thl line but is isnow ii iinow >now satisfied that the only OI Y thing that thatwill thatwillwill increase the size of the fruit fruitcomes fnlitcomescomes out of the vine Ine and the vine vinemust vInemustmust get its support from the natural naturalroots nnturalrootsrootsPeaches in Florida FloridaAA contributor to The Wauchula Ad Adcoca Adocatecoca ocate te recommends the Persian Persianstrains Persianstrainsstrains of peaches for planting in inSouth inSouthSouth Florida We are not going to tolispute toliSll11telispute his statements nor say that thathese thatthesethese peaches will not do in this thi state statetIt t is an old saying sa ing that There are arexceptions areexcelltionsxceptions to all rules There may maye mnyheSouth Florida where whereIiese wberethesehe > e a location inthese varieties will thrive But we welertaiiily wecertlillllertaiiily advise caution in setting settinguch setting8uchuch tree The universal experience experiencefof > f practical peach growers in this thisitate thisstatestate has been that peaches of the thePersian thePerslnnPersian strains were not profitable profitablenin n Florida The trees will grow well welltnough wellenoughenough hut do not bear fruit enough enoughoto o be satisfactory satisfactoryThere satisfactoryThereThere is an idea abroad that the theersian thePersianPersian type t pe of peach will not do dorell dowellwell in Florida Such statements are aretiade nremlllietiade in the papers and in the cata cataogues cntaloguesogues of nurserymen Not many manyears mnnyearsears ago a statement went the rounds roundsifof if the Florida press that peaches of ofny ofanan ny kind would not do well in Florida Floridasas s far south as this latitude and that thatt thatitit t is useless to plant here any kind kindf kindofof > f peach except the Chinese ChillC > 3e type typeAll typeAllAll over the country are living monu monuicnts monumentsicnts to the error of such statements statementsarge stntementsLargeLarge > arge trees fifteen to twenty twent years enrs of ofiany ofageage witb iar e trunks amI iany feet feetif feetofof if spread of limb are to be seen and andhese nndthesethese trees loaded in season with as asnany nsmnnynany fine peaches as you ou would wish wisho wishtoto o see On some of those trees I find findhe findthehe same variety of peaches that was washe wasthethe he choice nnd pride of the orchard In Inay Inmyay boyhood home in the t e far north